Japan’s Foreign Reserves Hit Record Monthly Drop Amid Yen Intervention

Japan Likely Sold Treasuries to Fund Record Yen Intervention

Japan likely sold a portion of its holdings of foreign securities, including US Treasuries, to finance its record currency intervention over the past month.

By Erica Yokoyama

Japan's foreign reserves drop by a record $80 billion in August following yen intervention

Finance ministry data showed that Japan's official foreign reserves stand at $1.207 trillion, down from July's figure of $1.287 trillion.

Japan’s August foreign reserves post largest-ever drop after record intervention - The Straits Times

Japan’s August foreign reserves post largest-ever drop after record intervention  The Straits Times

Japan foreign reserve assets fall by record 6% after interventions

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's foreign reserve assets in August fell $79.58 billion, or 6.18 percent, from the previous month to $1.21 trillion, marking the

Japan may have sold US Treasuries to fund record $99-billion yen intervention - Moneycontrol.com

Japan may have sold US Treasuries to fund record $99-billion yen intervention  Moneycontrol.com

Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund record yen intervention

Tokyo's holdings of foreign securities fell by $87.8 billion at the end of August from a month earlier, close to the scale of the recent intervention.

Japan may have sold U.S. Treasuries to fund yen intervention

Japan Sold Almost $90 Billion In Treasuries To Fund Record Yen Intervention

Japan Sold Almost $90 Billion In Treasuries To Fund Record Yen Intervention At the end of July, the only question following Japan's record $90 billion yen intervention (which worked for about two weeks before the effects faded and Bessent had to engage in more market intervention), was whether and how much Treasuries Japan had sold as part of the intervention.  The BOJ spent a record $90BN to briefly push the yen higher. Another catastrophic intervention by the central bank whi...

By Tyler Durden

Japan reports largest monthly reserve decline amid yen intervention - Nation Thailand

Japan reports largest monthly reserve decline amid yen intervention  Nation Thailand

By Dumping US Treasuries to Prop Up the Yen, Japan’s Foreign Currency Reserves Plunged by $95 Billion in August. But Don’t Cry for Japan. These Interventions Are Hugely Profitable

The government is already busy fighting over what to do with the $31 billion in profits on its foreign exchange interventions last fiscal year.

By Wolf Richter